yep, thats the baby
I owned the Beech 18 from Octopussey G-BKRG, C-45H it was reg # N75W if i remember correctly. I still have the aerial Bond sprung back and hit the indian chap in the face.
Sold it to the Aviodome a few years back.
Engines from it are on My Beech 18 G-BKRN at Bruntingthorpe
philip
several of the 75 squadron wellingtons had Popeye characters on them……….might be one of them?
anyone got any pics of 75 sqn aircraft they could check for us please.
philip
it is excellent
wonder if the 5 spots were always on the character or maybe something to do with the squadron or summit.
Received this today from a fireman at Cairns
Just thought you would like to know that N2500 took off from Cairns Airport, Queensland, Australia this morning at 0815 local (2215 UTC).
She is a really nice looking airplane. All the firies came out to the front of the station to watch her take off and then cruise at about 1000ft over the Great Barrier Reef.
discovered who Wok is now warwick woinarski
He was the #1 pilot from day 1 on this ferry flight.
pt…….the other one
what does that mean to those of us not in the know.
does it mean he is in australia? and nearing brisbane?
bit of an update on progress
he got to Jersey departed 16.10.08
He got to Malta departed 21.10.08
He got to Bangkok arrived 28.10.08
don’t know where he is now.
there are 2 pictures in John Vasco’s book zerstorer.
page 151.
crashed into enfield sewage farm at ponders end.
shot down by Bader’s wingman on that day P/o McKnight.
send us a fiver and we will send you a copy of his book…………it is superb and the money goes to the Norfolk zipper club for people who have had a heart bypass
regards
philip
mexican bandit…………..
Pleased to announce that N2500 has left or will be very shortly leaving on the 1st leg of an epic flight to Australia.
Off to Jersey first then nice then onto luxor.
All of us at Beech Restorations wish PT Barnum the very best of luck and would like to thank him for his efforts during our Beech Construction phase.
PT (the other one)
flags
Technically the ‘defacement’ should be by the flagpole, represented as top-left, normally, but a convention is therefore to apply them as if ‘flying’ aft when applied on transport.
It’s generally regarded by flag experts that flying one flag above another of equal status implies the occupation of the lower flag’s nation by the upper – but this subtlety is almost never properly understood, except in formal international events. Equal status flags should fly on separate flagpoles at the same hight; junior flags below senior (regions (states/provinces/counties) below nations for instance). It’s normally OK to place a ‘block of flags together to show grouping or lists, and without status precedent.
Why do I learn these things?:rolleyes:
America owns us don’t they and if we don’t own aus, we should.
the idea was to show the flag of the build nation then the next nation visited and then lastly the destination.
further to this they were placed to miss rivets. A very important consideration.
I Also believe they are correct.
Initially the stbd flag was incorrect but the one in the pics is dead right
top left arm of the union jack should have the thick white band at the top.
this applies to both sides as you look at it
PT
you spotted that then
Mine is a kettenkrad
ketten is as you say german for track or chain
krad is german for motorcycle
kradschutzen = motorcycle soldier
kettenkrad = tracked motorcycle
anyway, glad you like the Beech and the krad
philip